The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-02
SEEING GHOST
s.Crr rrom the pls.se.lns Room.


q Ned Adams. q ianitor OF New York.
was once employed In the Bellevue Hos
pital College. He relates an experience
he had there, which may well make
leach particular hair to stand on end"
This is how he told 1t to reporter OF
the Herald:
II had charge Of the dissectlng room
of Bellevue Hospital College from 1864
to 1870, and 1t was part OF my duty to
sleep In that institution.
.iro this, however. / didnotobjec from
the very FIRST for. though was alone in
that big building. which IS one of the
most weird and melancholy looking In
situations In the entire city, had been SO
much accustomed to the presence of
dead bodies that began to like it quite
we'll.
"My room was situated directly next
door to the dissecting room, and IN
this dissecting room lay upward OF one
hundred and fifty cadayers in various
forms of mutilation.
sForone who has spentthe greater part
Of his life among such associations
and we are for the most part creatures
Of habit--you can readily perceive that
It required no very great degree Of moral
courage to accomplish this. And then,
again never believed in ghosts and
laughed heartily whenever heard men
ton of them.
"At that time, as now, DIR. Austin Flint.
Jr., was the professor Of physiology. and
he took great delight In experimenting
on living animals for the benefit OF his
class. The quadruped that best suited
his purpose In this respect was the dog,
and he always kept an abundant supply
OF these animals on hand.
II need hardly remark that they were
not OF the very best specimens OF the
canine race and did not possess as much
intelligence as others Of their species.
They were fed largely on meat, and
seemed to be getting along very well In
deed.
"These dogs occupied room next to
mine, which was-separated by very mar
row partition, and I could very readily
hear the least noise that was made. My
self and the dogs were therefore the sole
occupants OF that immense building. The
dogs never once broke the quietude that
prevailed at night and II they only oc-
casionaily did so 1t would not be such a
bad thing after all.
GAS had occasion to rise early, gen.
orally about Aye o'clock In the morning,
was alwaye In my bed at ten, and never
found much difficulty in procuring sleep,
and was always as methodical as a
clock In this respect.
ut was on the 4th day OF October,
1870, and had gone to bed at the usual
time. 1t was fine, clear night and ex-
ceptlonally warm for that time OF the
year. A large English clock hung In
my room, and as there was always a light
burning low could, from my bed, dis
tinctly see the face of the clock.
II did not feel as sleepy on that night
as was customary with me, and attrl-
buted 1t somewhat to the heat of the
day. rolled In my bed for quite a time,
and when again turned to the clock
saw 1t was close on midnight.
AZ now began to pass Into q kind OF
stupor, hal. asleep and half awake, when
all at once fancied heard a low, sup
pressed cry as II of some one In great
agony OF mind. This was followed by the
yelp OF the dogs and then O low, prolonged
growl as such animals generally make
when about to attack some one. This
was maintained for quite a while and
/ kept my ear intently listening all the
time.
II could not be mistaken In the sound
Of the human voice / rubbed my eyes
with my hand and stood up In the bed TO
assure myself that was not dreaming,
and came to the conclusion that 1t WAS
perhaps some woman who remained In
the hnilding over night. The voice GER
tainly was OF the sharp, shrill character
of woman.
''All this time was not one bit afraid
andI proceeded to dress myself to, ascer-
| talnthe cause Of the commotion. put on
my pantaloons and waistcoat and walked
out In my bare feet.
III 4 t.r.1 10.
dogs were opened the door gently and
middle OF the dogs stood strange
woman. all In white, and as l looked In
upon her she threw a glance ut me that
almost froze the blood In my veins.
presently the door few open, ap-
parently OF its own accord, and the
strange form gllded out and passed into
the dissectng room. tried to follow It,
and as did so she raised her hand In
menaclng attitude and suddenly dsap-
peared from sight.
There was not spot In that room I
was not familiar with, and knew there
were no secret trapdoors through which
she could descend. Right In sight OF mo
foreground seemed TO open up In front OF
OF her and she to disappear from view.
II need not tell you that l slept but
little that night. did not In fact, go TO
bed at all. but sat on the side OF 1t with
my clothes on. and longed eagerly for
the return OF the day.
II tried In my mind to explain the
cause Of the extraordinary phenomenon,
but every time the difficulty grew greater,
and II had been any way under the in
fiuence OF liquor might attribute 1t to
some morbid condition OF the nervous
system induced by over stimulation. But
the fact remained and could not dispute
the evidence Of my senses.
1.-THE next day handed In my resigna-
lion TO the faculty, but made no reference
to the cause OF nay leaving. have never
visited dlssecting room since that night
and never will again II live for hundred
years